Like many historians, I’ve long been interested in the way the past is portrayed in pop culture. Now that gaming is a bigger business than ever, there’s an ever-growing field of international scholars studying the

Since beginning to work with the volunteer-run Sheffield Feminist Archive (SFA) through the School of English MA work placement module and the Careers Service AHEAD scheme, I’ve learned more about Sheffield feminist history than I

Thursday night saw the premier of ITV2’s latest attempt to replicate the runaway success of their summer smash hit Love Island. Their latest formula preserves the combination of toned and tanned young people soaking up

When visiting the site of Wardsend Cemetery (near Hillsborough Stadium) for the first time, we couldn’t find it. Scrambling along a creek in the general direction of where we thought the cemetery was, I shouted

Three years ago when my parents were sorting through my grandmother’s things, they came across a file. When they opened it they thought, “Hattie studies English Literature; I wonder what she’d make of this”. And

If you had read my Wikipedia entry several years ago you would have found the following: "His long-awaited biography of Lord Haw-Haw is now long overdue." Thank you, to that anonymous scribe. Even some friends

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